The nation’s deadliest rail accident in additional than a decade befell late Sunday when a prepare operated by rail firm Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed close to Adamuz within the southern Andalusia area.
It crossed onto the opposite observe, the place it crashed into an oncoming prepare heading to Huelva, which additionally derailed.
The official demise toll rose to 42 by late Tuesday after one other physique was discovered within the wreckage, the regional authorities mentioned.
Greater than 120 individuals have been injured, with 37 nonetheless in hospital, together with 4 kids, it added.
Wearing darkish clothes, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia shook arms with emergency companies staff close to the spot the place the mangled wreckage of the 2 trains stays.
